“I can safely say that before the commencement of what I may call the Railway Period, not only were the wages in most parts of the country established by tradition and authority, rather than by the natural laws of supply and demand, but the opportunity to work was in general restricted to particular spots. For the first time in history the Indian finds that he has in his power of labor a valuable possession which, if he uses it right, will give him something much better than mere subsistence. Follow him to his own home, in some remote village, and you will find that the railway laborer has brought back not only new modes of working and a new feeling of self-respect and independence, but also new ideas of what government and laws can offer him. And he is, I believe, a better and more loyal subject, as he is certainly a more useful laborer.”—Bartle Frere, British governor of the Bombay Presidency, India, speech on opening of a rail line, 1863Frere’s speech is best understood in the context of which of the following?(A) Governments in Asian empires undertaking economic reforms to catch up with European powers(B) Governments undertaking political and social reforms to mitigate the effects of industrial capitalism(C) Governments expanding and consolidating their empires using their increasing industrial power(D) Governments promoting redistributionist policies to reduce income inequality between labor and capital

Sir Henry Bartle Frere, was a colonial administrator who had a flourishing career in colonial India…

Frere's speech is best understood in the context of which of the following? (A) Governments in Asian empires undertaking economic reforms to catch up with European powers (B) Governments undertaking political and social reforms to mitigate the effects of industrial capitalism (C) Governments expanding and consolidating their empires using their increasing industrial power (D) Governments promoting redistributionist policies to reduce income inequality between labor and capital

Frere's speech is best understood in the context of which of the following? (A) Governments in Asian empires undertaking economic reforms to catch up with European powers (B) Governments undertaking political and social reforms to mitigate the effects of industrial capitalism (C) Governments expanding and consolidating their empires using their increasing industrial power (D) Governments promoting redistributionist policies to reduce income inequality between labor and capital